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Annsmuir Park Homes is situated on a plot of land that was once a POW camp. The business is a family owned business that has been run by several generations of the family since 1920. The owner today, is the 3rd generatrion of the family to have run the business. Annsmuir was initially run as a Caraven Park, but is now moving towards becoming the fully operational home park that is here today. The owners family,consisted of 6 brothers and 6 sisters, 4 of the sons have continued in various parts of the family business in one form or another. The owners son currently runs a home park site at Leuchars and his grandson is interested also, so the park will continue to be run as a family business, for years to come. The owner bought his first caravan site in 1970 and has continued to own various sites throughout the years. In 1942 work was undertaken with the creation of Prisoner of War Camp no. 77, here at Annsmuir. Built between June and December 1942, the camp consisted of a square formation of wooden huts, with four lookout towers on each corner, surrounded by barbed wire and bounded on one side by an anti-tank ditch which formed part of the Fife Stop Line. Interestingly, the location of the camp is to the East of this, indicating that at this point in time the authorities were not afraid of invasion from the coast. The plans shed some light on life inside the camp, with a separate area for officers and guards with electricity and hot water, and for the prisoners, a recreation hut, barbers, tailors, grocery store, reception centre (with a separate entrance for the 'wounded and contaminated' and a detention block. A memorial stone commemerates the fact that a POW camp existed here and can be seen on entrance to Annsmuir Park Homes.
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